[2002] EWHC 2717 (Admin)

Where the secretary of state had extended a recommended date from the parole board for review regarding the release of a life prisoner there was no basis in domestic law for the conclusion that the board must set the timing of reviews. The assessment and testing of a prisoner in open conditions was not to be regarded as a routine passage to almost certain release and the reasons given for the date of the next review did not reflect any expectation as to the result.

QBD (Admin) (Newman J)

19/12/2002